NWZ-ZX1 - Sony Audio Service Manual (repair manual). Page 2

FLEXIBLE  CIRCUIT  BOARD  REPAIRING
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Keep the temperature of soldering iron around 270 °C during 
repairing.

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Do not touch the soldering iron on the same conductor of the 
circuit board (within 3 times).

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Be careful not to apply force on the conductor when soldering 
or unsoldering.

Battery life

The time below may differ depending on ambient temperature or the status of use.

Actual battery life may vary depending on settings. The estimated battery usage 
hours shown below are based on typical usage conditions with “Settings for battery 
life measurement” as shown in the table below. 

MP3 128 kbps
Bluetooth OFF: approx. 32 Hrs
Bluetooth ON: approx. 23 Hrs

Linear PCM 1,411 kbps
Bluetooth OFF: approx. 34 Hrs
Bluetooth ON: approx. 24 Hrs

FLAC 96 kHz/24 bit
Bluetooth OFF: approx. 25 Hrs
Bluetooth ON: approx. 16 Hrs

FLAC 192 kHz/24 bit
Bluetooth OFF: approx. 16 Hrs
Bluetooth ON: approx. 7 Hrs

MPEG-4 384 kbps
Bluetooth OFF: approx. 5 Hrs
Bluetooth ON: approx. 5 Hrs

Even if the player is turned off for an extended period, a small amount of battery 
power is still consumed. 

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Battery life may vary depending on volume setting, conditions of use and ambient 
temperature.

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Maximum recordable number of songs and time (Approx.) 

The approximate times are based on the case in which you transfer or record only 4 
minute songs (not including videos and photos) in the MP3 format. Other playable 
audio file format song numbers and times may differ from MP3 format. 

Maximum recordable time of videos (Approx.)

The approximate times are estimated in the case where only videos are transferred. 
The time may differ, depending on the conditions under which the player is used.

Video: 384 kbps/Music: 128 kbps
Approx. 466 hr. 40 min.

Supported formats

Audio Formats (Codec) 
MP3
Media File format: MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer3) file format
File extension: .mp3
Bit rate: 32 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))
Sampling frequency (*1): 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

WMA (*2) 
Media File format: ASF file format
File extension: .wma
Bit rate: 5 to 384 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))
Sampling frequency (*1): 8 to 48 kHz

FLAC
Media File format: FLAC file format
File extension: .flac
Bit depth: 16, 24 bit
Sampling frequency (*1): 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 
192 kHz

Linear PCM
Media File format: Wave-Riff file format
File extension: .wav
Bit depth: 16, 24 bit
Sampling frequency (*1): 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 
192 kHz

AAC (*3) 
Media File format: MP4 file format
File extension: .mp4, .m4a, .3gp
Bit rate: 16 to 320 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR)) (*4)
Sampling frequency (*1): 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

HE-AAC
Media File format: MP4 file format
File extension: .mp4, .m4a, .3gp
Bit rate: 32 to 144 kbps 
Sampling frequency (*1): 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

Apple Lossless
Media File format: MP4 file format
File extension: .m4a, .mp4
Bit depth: 16, 24 bit
Sampling frequency (*1): 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 
192 kHz

AIFF
Media File format: AIFF file format
File extension: .aif, .aiff, .afc, .aifc
Bit depth: 16, 24 bit
Sampling frequency (*1): 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 
192 kHz

System requirements

Computer 

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Windows® XP Home Edition (*1) (Service Pack 3 or later)
Windows® XP Professional (*1) (Service Pack 3 or later)
Windows Vista® Home Basic (Service Pack 2 or later)
Windows Vista® Home Premium (Service Pack 2 or later)
Windows Vista® Business (Service Pack 2 or later)
Windows Vista® Ultimate (Service Pack 2 or later)
Windows® 7 Starter (Service Pack 1 or later)
Windows® 7 Home Basic (Service Pack 1 or later)
Windows® 7 Home Premium (Service Pack 1 or later)
Windows® 7 Professional (Service Pack 1 or later)
Windows® 7 Ultimate (Service Pack 1 or later)
Windows® 8
Windows® 8 Pro
Mac OS® X v10.6 or later

Not supported by OSs other than above.
“Compatibility mode” for Windows XP (included with Windows Vista and Windows 
7) is not supported.
Pre-installed.

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 Excluding 64-bit OS versions.

CPU: 1 GHz processor (2.6 GHz recommended for video playback)

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RAM: 1 GB or more (2 GB RAM required for Windows 8 64-bit)

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Hard Disk Drive / Solid State Drive: 600 MB or more of available space

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Internet Explorer 7 or later

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Internet connection (for Gracenote® MusicID® service, podcast features, Store 
access, or online help)

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We do not guarantee operation for all computers even if they meet the above System 
Requirements.

Not supported by the following environments:

Personally constructed computers or operating systems

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An environment that is an upgrade of the original manufacturer-installed operating 
system

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Multi-boot environment

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Contents

List of accessories and manuals supplied with your Walkman.

USB cable (1)

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Carrying Pouch (1)

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Spacer (1)

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Quick Start Guide 

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Headphones are not supplied with your Walkman.

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

DSD (*1) (2.8224 MHz/1 bit)
Bluetooth OFF: approx. 10 Hrs
Bluetooth ON: approx. 6 Hrs

Sound adjustment
ClearAudio+ (*3): OFF (default setting: OFF)
Equalizer (*4): OFF (default setting: OFF)
Surround sound (*4): OFF (default setting: OFF)
DSEE HX (*4)(*5): OFF (default setting: OFF)
Dynamic normalizer (*4): OFF (default setting: OFF)
xLOUD (*4): OFF (default setting: ON)
Clear Phase (*4): OFF (default setting: ON)

(*1)

 DSD format is available for Walkman software that has been updated to Ver.1.10 or later.

Display
Brightness (*2): Default

(*2)

 The maxmum brightness setting shortens the battery life for continuous video playback by about 27 

% compared with the default setting.

(*3)

 The [On] setting shortens the battery life about 37 % compared with the [Off] setting.

(*4)

 Setting [Equalizer] to other than [None], [Surround sound] to other than [None], [DSEE HX] to [On], 

[Dynamic normalizer] to [On], [Clear Phase] to [On] and [xLOUD] to [On] shortens the battery life for 
continuous music playback by about 77 %.

(*5)

 The [On] setting shortens the battery life about 66 % compared with the [Off] setting.

128 kbps: Approx. 20,000 songs
1,411 kbps (Linear PCM): Approx. 2,800 songs

128 kbps: Approx. 1,333 hr. 20 min.
1,411 kbps (Linear PCM): Approx. 186 hr. 40 min.

DSD (*1) (2.8224 MHz/1 bit): Approx. 700 songs

DSD (*1) (2.8224 MHz/1 bit): Approx. 46 hr. 40 min.

(*1)

 DSD format is available for Walkman software that has been updated to Ver.1.10 or later.

Video Formats (Codec)
AVC (H.264/AVC) 
Media File format: MP4 file format, “Memory Stick” video format
File extension: .mp4, .m4v
Profile: Baseline Profile/Main Profile/High Profile
Level: 4
Bitrate: Max 20 Mbps
Frame rate: Max 30 fps
Resolution: Max 1,920 x 1,080 (*6)

MPEG-4
Media File format: MP4 file format, “Memory Stick” video format
File extension: .mp4, .m4v
Profile: Simple Profile/ Advanced Simple Profile
Bitrate: Max 20 Mbps
Frame rate: Max 30 fps
Resolution: Max 1,920 x 1,080 (*6)

Windows Media Video 9 (*2)
Media File format: ASF file format
File extension: .wmv
Bitrate: Max 20 Mbps
Frame rate: Max 30 fps
Resolution: Max 1,920 x 1,080 (*6)

DSD (*5)
Media File format: DSF, DSDIFF
File extension: .dsf, .dff
Bit depth: 1 bit
Sampling frequency (*1): 2.8224 MHz

AAC-LC (AVC, MPEG-4)
Bit rate: 32 to 144 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR)) (*4)
Sampling frequency (*1): 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

WMA (Windows Media Video 9)
Bit rate: 5 to 384 kbps (Supports variable bit rate (VBR))
Sampling frequency (*1): 8-48 kHz

Photo Format (Codec)
JPEG
Media File format: Compatible with DCF 2.0/Exif 2.21file format
File extension: .jpg, .jpeg
Profile: Baseline Profile
Number of pixels: Max. 6,048 x 4,032 pixels (24,385,536 pixels)

PNG
File extension: .png
Number of pixels: Max. 2,048 x 2,048 pixels (4,194,304 pixels)

(*1)

 Sampling frequency may not correspond to all encoders.

(*2)

 Copyright protected WMA/WMV files cannot be played back.

(*3)

 Copyright protected AAC-LC files cannot be played back. 

(*4)

 Non-standard bit rates or non-guaranteed bit rates are included depending on the sampling 

frequency.

(*5)

 DSD format is available for Walkman software that has been updated to Ver.1.10 or later.

(*6)

 These numbers indicate the maximum resolution of playable video, and do not indicate the player’s 

resolution.

(*7)

 Some photo files cannot be played back, depending on their file formats.

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